might I recommend topgrade to you in these trying times?

https://github.com/topgrade-rs/topgrade

I’m not sure about that. By buying used, I’d say you’re at minimum repurposing what would otherwise become e-waste. I don’t think you can say 100% of people selling their used phone are upgrading to the same manufacturer, either. Perhaps they agree your point in them being “dogshit phones” and want to recoup their loss as they side- or up-grade.

so far, nobody’s talked about taking away computers. however, you’re correct in that taking them away is not a solution.

american schools are notoriously underfunded. google realized this a few years ago when they came out with the Chromebook lineup, which are dirt cheap entries into the google ecosystem. the hardware is not the problem, the data collection introduced to children in the guise of convenience at early stages is.

my preferred solution to that would be to introduce hardware outside of the google ecosystem. the issue is, very few companies can produce at scale in the way google can. any competitors would have to sell hardware below asking price to compete. its not feasible for small companies to do so. apple and Microsoft could, but they don’t have the same data collection ecosystem that google does for the same hardware subsidies.

another big reason small companies can’t compete is that the entire Gsuite is cloud based. all you need to access it is a browser. there’s not a single public school with the IT team to set up an open-source alternative, so schools are forced (or are enthusiastic about the opportunity) to get a full Microsoft-esque productivity suite for the kids without the licensing fees.

ever tried to convince someone non-tech savvy to switch from chrome to Firefox? attitudes range from uninterested to impossible, despite the functionality being identical at worst. now try to do that with every single tool they’ve been using since they were in elementary school.

its a simple game plan. lock them into a data-harvesting ecosystem. collect their data. nudge their opinions. influence their votes.

this is the dark theme variant

makes sense that they’d remove it from their forums if it has nothing to do with graphene. not a single point relevant to the OS

your conclusion is definitely correct. the good thing is that if these LLMs can be used offensively to find exploits, they can also be used defensively to find (and potentially even fix) the same ones.

I’m still of the opinion that AI is a tool that amplifies the abilities of the user, so there will be a mismatch of capability depending on that.

with that argument in mind, open source has the potential to be a huge receiver of benefit, if these tools are used to aid development in that way.

overall, what I think that means (what I hope it means) is that we’ll see a much more broad interest in learning secure development as AI research progresses and these tools become more widespread in usage.

the stars and forks should be on github to send a message.

cloning and subsequent rehosting should definitely take place on other platforms.

clone, star, fork. we can all help out.

Github has zero 9’s so at this point just use Arch for everything fuck it

(I would personally recommend Debian)

thanks for the response. for what its worth, most people I ask this question to are attempting some form of your first bulletpoint. I think we’re on the right track there, it only makes sense.

speaking for myself, your second point is the silver lining of all this, to me. ive never had this kind of pressure before, but I hope that its the kind of pressure that makes me a better dev instead of burning me out.

cheers!

that’s a very good distinction, absolutely. its just code generation at this stage.

the review was the bottleneck before (as I believe was already the case for many companies) but now with 10x the code generated for review, the bottleneck has turned into a dripping faucet.

hey shaggy. I want to touch on your last point as a newer developer:

My department is finally seeing 10x development due to the shift of writing code to writing spec. The main issue is now our pipeline is stuck at review, so all that extra output is effectively wasted. Do you have any tips on what worked for you if you had a similar situation?

hey there, this is really cool. please keep us updated if you have any developments on how you solve the problems, and what else you discover

my repos are NOT going to make their code less sloppy let me tell you

he might be more electable if he does a photoshoot with pink and blue striped thigh high socks. I don’t make the rules.

Anecdotally, I haven’t run into a single Mikrotik deployment since university.

this service exists mostly for people who can’t purchase a pixel directly. nitrokey ships internationally